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Have a cute weekend.

What are you up to this weekend? Alex's mom and sister are coming to visit, so we'll be taking them here for pasta, playing toy instruments with Toby and (I'm sure) analyzing which family members Anton looks like. (We're stumped by his aquiline nose.) Hope you have a good one, and if you're in a blog-reading mood, here are a few fun links from around the web...

Just bought the Rachel Comey boots at the sample sale a few weeks ago and wore them in Oregon last week. So amazing and make me feel super hip. I even got a compliment from a stranger on the first night I wore them!

Loved "Where'd You Go, Bernadette." It nailed Seattle culture like only someone who lived there could. Also, is kind of a literary tour of some of the city's neighborhoods. Thanks for the always fun weekend links!http://mightymessymama.typepad.com

I rarely comment, but follow your blog daily! When I saw your link : Are baguettes over? I thought to myself ARE BAGUETTES OVER?!?!?!? What the heck? The baguette transcends any mode du jour, any en vogue style!What the article neglected to mention was the rich tradition of the baguette - it's partially the reason for the Revolutionary War in France! The scarcity of food, and cost of bread went up 67%. Part of the revolution outcome included keeping the cost of bread in France very, very low, so that all Frenchmen(and women) could afford a staple food.

Baguettes will never be over. But as a French person living in London I may not be the best person to comment on the subject...Bread in London is atrocious!Thank you for posting "What happy people do differently" and "Finding the calm", I thoroughly enjoyed reading them.

These are my favourite time of the week, I love all of the interesting articles that you manage to find, and I loved the one about what happy people do differently, it's just so interesting! And the annual six sentence conversation is just so bizarre!!

A few things here: 1. That Mary Poppins video is tripping me out (for the record, the only musicals I like are the ones with Julie Andrews and/or Dick van Dyke- what is it about them?!) 2. I wish for a group of friends made up of the writers for The Onion. and 3. Never in my life will I give up (or cut back on) bread. Ever. What a bummer for French culture! Always great links; thanks for that.Have a lovely weekend, Joanna...

the mary poppins 'remix' is strangely hypnotising, my nanny used to have that, the sound of music and the musical version of oliver twist on tape - that was it, oh no, I lie, and chitty chitty bang bang...going to you tube that one now(!)

Thanks for posting the "Cheese is Dead" piece. This is a very controversial idea. As a professional farmstead cheesemaker in the US I can attest that pasteurized cheeses are most certainly NOT dead. They are brimming with life. It is a misnomer that pasteurization kills everything. Indeed, the milk is cultured after pasteurization with billions of bacteria that take on a life of their own and mingle with "native" or "wild" cultures as the cheese ages. There is no such thing as dead cheese. Some cheese is "livelier" than others, sure, but if a cheese is truly "dead" believe me, it is not, by any means, safe to eat! And by the by, the French eat and make plenty of pasteurized cheese.

The French have a thousand-year history and appreciation for the diversity of cheeses and the "life" of cheeses that Americans are only beginning to appreciate. This, I think is the main difference between our cultures of cheesemaking and cheese eating. But let's not be too hasty to condemn American cheesemaking. We still have a lot to learn as cheesemakers and cheese eaters!

Thanks for posting the "Cheese is Dead" piece. This is a very controversial idea. As a professional farmstead cheesemaker in the US I can attest that pasteurized cheeses are most certainly NOT dead. They are brimming with life. It is a misnomer that pasteurization kills everything. Indeed, the milk is cultured after pasteurization with billions of bacteria that take on a life of their own and mingle with "native" or "wild" cultures as the cheese ages. There is no such thing as dead cheese. Some cheese is "livelier" than others, sure, but if a cheese is truly "dead" believe me, it is not, by any means, safe to eat! And by the by, the French eat and make plenty of pasteurized cheese.

The French have a thousand-year history and appreciation for the diversity of cheeses and the "life" of cheeses that Americans are only beginning to appreciate. This, I think is the main difference between our cultures of cheesemaking and cheese eating. But let's not be too hasty to condemn American cheesemaking. We still have a lot to learn as cheesemakers and cheese eaters!

Bah! I'm reading Bernadette right now too and am obsessed. Literally can't put it down. Maria Semple (the author), used to write for Arrested Development so I guess that explains it all! So glad you're enjoying it as well!

I bought Where'd You Go Bernadette upon your advice Friday...just finished it last night. Thanks, I loved it! My third son was born on July 8th, so like you, I have lots of time to read while nursing. This book was such a page turner I had to remind myself to take the time to enjoy my new little guy. Terrible! ;) My other two are 3.5 and almost 2.

I love your Friday posts from around the web - so fun! I found an eye calculator that is a little more accurate, as it takes into account your parents and your partner's parents. I thought this was really cool - http://genetics.thetech.org/online-exhibits/what-color-eyes-will-your-children-have Thanks again for the wonderful posts!